Thieves have hit
two more telecommunication towers in Duneland, one in Pine Township, the
other in Jackson Township, the Porter County Sheriff’s Police is reporting.

According to
police, sometime prior to 9:28 a.m. Wednesday someone cut the lock off a
gated cell tower facility on C.R. 600N in Jackson Township, then cut the
lock off a work trailer and removed a variety of power tools, hand tools,
and socket sets belonging to Communications Infrastructure of Austin, Texas.

The PCSP did not
provide a total estimate of the loss but a company employee put the
replacement cost at “several thousands of dollars,” police said.

Then, sometime
prior to 2:22 p.m. Wednesday, someone cut the lock off the gate at a cell
tower facility on C.R. 500E in Pine Township, then pried open a pair of A/C
units and removed two 10-foot sections of copper piping, police said.

Police put that
loss at $100.

These incidents
come a little over a week after thieves forcibly entered a cell tower
facility on C.R. 850N in Liberty Township, pried open a pair of A/C units
serving it, and removed four rolls of copper wiring. Police put total loss
and damage in that theft at $16,000.